Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:00 AM EST on March 5, 2013
- Bloomberg: Parents and Kids, Not NYPD, Responsible for Street Safety (News)
- NYPD Entrusts Kids’ Lives to Part-Time Workers Who Earn Little and Buy Their Own Uniforms (Post)
- More Coverage of Scott Stringer’s Strange Presser From DNA and Gothamist
- TransNat Notes Cluster of Child Deaths in East Harlem
- Where Was Cy Vance the Day Amar Diarrassouba Died? (Epoch Times)
- Pols Renew Call to Toughen Hit-and-Run Law After Deadly Williamsburg Crash (Post)
- Related: NYPD Will Reconstruct Collision (NYT); Suspect a Convicted Killer Recently Caught DWI (DNA)
- Citing Traffic, South Bronx Coalition Files Suit to Stop Fresh Direct Move (NYT)
- Gelinas: Existing Subways Can’t Absorb Planned Midtown East Upzoning (City & State)
- MTA Team Cracks Down on Farebeaters (News)
- Bloomberg Keeps Festivals on Side Streets to Keep Crosstown Traffic Flowing (DNA)
- Manhattan Rivals Los Angeles in Work Commute Times (WNYC)
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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